March 22, 2022
No one learns anything true and worthwhile, especially about oneself, by just being told. The blind acceptance of what we’re told leads to indoctrination but not learning. That must be obvious by now. Did you ever learn a life lesson because you were told what to think and do and what not to think and do? […]
Moving forward, the only true knowing will come from intuition. Intuition has always been the only bridge to Truth, but the world the ego made of layers upon layers of lies did its very nefarious best to obliterate any awareness of that bridge. The made up narratives playing now on all fronts are there to […]
February 26, 2022
December 29, 2021
You can run from Truth, but there are consequences to your decision and you will have to face them.You can avoid yourself, but the inner chaos won’t magically dissolve into peace without your disciplined introspection.You can project your frustration, anger and hidden rage onto the world, but projection won’t get rid of them. It is […]
Why be upset because the world keeps turning its back on you? The more you get turned down by the world, the more will you feel the pull to move closer to God. As you venture inward, you will remember that the world never had anything to offer to you anyway. You were just distracted by […]
November 4, 2021
January 7, 2021
“Curving back within myself,I create again and again.”(Bhagavad Gita) Intuition will be your most important tool moving forward.Do you believe everything you hear? Has true perception been blocked by layers upon layers of tightly held beliefs?What is belief but a decision you made at some point in the past? That decision may have been appropriate […]
What word would you use to sum up 2020?For me it’s clarity.Just like the clear blue of the sky, the pure white of the snow and the crisp fresh of the winter air on my hike this morning, on the last day of this challenging year.Clarity may be the last word you’d use, but consider […]
December 31, 2020
December 29, 2020
“And as we wind on down the roadOur shadows taller than our soulThere walks a lady we all knowWho shines white light and wants to showHow everything still turns to gold.”(Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin) As a child in Bosnia I was drawn to this song although I knew only a handful of English words […]
In one of my yoga classes last week, I guided my students into a headstand. After about 15 minutes into the practice, that is. I guess I broke a whole bunch of yoga rules by doing that (and it wasn’t the first time, I confess). As every yoga teacher knows, we are taught to incorporate […]
May 23, 2017